The Stories of J. D. Salinger

This section is focused on the fiction of J.D. Salinger. Here you will find information regarding all published and known unpublished stories. You may also be interested in the two main families featured in Salinger's stories, the Glasses and Caulfields.

Advice for Readers

Want to brush up on your Salinger? Start with the easy-to-locate books, then move on the the more-obscure stories.

Salinger published just 36 stories in the course of his career. Of these. 14 are easy to obtain: One novel and 13 short stories published in three mass-market books. These are highlighted in bold in the list at right. Go to any library or bookstore and you will find these four books easily. I suggest the following order for those who are just (re)discovering Salinger:

This will give you a good overview of the best-known Salinger stories, and most folks can probably stop here. If you're really interested in Salengeria even after this, I suggest going after the remaining 22 "underpublished" stories. These are much tougher to find, but can be rewarding and enjoyable to readers of any level.

Digging Deeper

Seven of these underpublished stories (indicated at right in italics) were republished in books, though even these can be difficult to locate. But the remaining 15 are much more difficult to find.